Australia falls on all counts to do justice to its titular country as it turns in an embarrassingly crude apology
The Flashdance-inspired Make It Happen is an embarrassing, poorly choreographed and atrociously edited dance drama
In the mold of Elephant and Last Days, Gus Van Sant brings us another minimalist drama in Paranoid Park
Four Christmases feels like a rush job completed under the gun in order to make it to cinemas for the holiday season
The Day the Earth Stood Still feels restrained by the structure of a film it can’t possibly live up to
High School Musical 3: Senior Year arrives in cinemas after the first 2 direct-to-Disney Channel films became massive hits on cable and DVD
Bangkok Dangerous is a woefully misconceived picture that is nevertheless good for some unintentional laughs
Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies gets by on some strong performances and a surprisingly intricate, well-detailed story
Twilight is a cornball Harlequin romance with a Romeo and Juliet-like love story between a human girl and a vampire boy
The Strangers plays mostly like Michael Haneke’s Funny Games without the art-film subtext
Repo! The Genetic Opera is what happens when filmmakers set out to make a cult movie: too much cult, not enough movie
Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race should please genre fans and represents a solid effort among the director’s oeuvre
Dreamworks Animation’s Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is brighter, livelier, funnier, and a shade or two better than 2005’s Madagascar
Quantum of Solace lacks the elegance and grace that earmarked Casino Royale and makes James Bond what he is
The Other Boleyn Girl is dull and listless costume drama, populated by rote one-dimensional characters
Nights in Rodanthe breaks no new ground but should please lonely hearts and fans of the star duo
Max Payne is surprisingly effective most of the way but ultimately falls prey to genre clichés and lapses of logic
The Forbidden Kingdom is notable for one reason: it’s the long-awaited team-up of Hong Kong superstars Jet Li and Jackie Chan
Vicky Christina Barcelona is lightweight, lighthearted, and liberal, but also surprisingly thoughtful
Jason Reitman’s Juno was a favorite at film festivals and award ceremonies, and among most audiences last year
Taken is the kind of movie you might expect to see from a Bruce Willis or Jet Li. But no, here’s Liam Neeson
An exhilarating return to form for Peter Greenaway, Nightwatching is easily the cult director’s best film since 1989’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Like most recent Hollywood horror films, Alexandre Aja’s Mirrors is based on a successful Asian chiller
Isabel Coixet’s Elegy is a leisurely paced but heartfelt exploration of its characters